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Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: toutatis on 19 March 2007, 05:49:58 PM
like Pete Murray, i've a skull in stock  :wink:

May be these photos could help or inspire some pirates

(http://par.toutatis.free.fr/crane1.jpg)

(http://par.toutatis.free.fr/crane2.jpg)
(http://par.toutatis.free.fr/crane3.jpg)
(http://par.toutatis.free.fr/erwan3.jpg)
Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: PeteMurray on 19 March 2007, 05:57:04 PM
That's cool looking! I love the way you built it into the hillside. How did you get the layer effect? It looks like a product out of a rapid-prototyping machine, sort of...
Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: toutatis on 19 March 2007, 06:04:27 PM
i engraved the skull with a "pyrograveur" (french name) - you know the object you use to engrave your name on wood ?

it was your question ?

(sorry for my english  :cry:  )
Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: PeteMurray on 19 March 2007, 06:12:32 PM
Ha ha! It's the same in English: "Pyrograve" is the real name of it. But most people call it a "woodburner" since during the 70s and 80s most of us got one for Christmas in a craft kit. :)

Your skull is more anatomical than mine.
Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 19 March 2007, 06:57:10 PM
Quote from: "PeteMurray"
Your skull is more anatomical than mine.


What?!? You worry about a whim of nature (geology, if I´m not mistaken!) to be anatomically correct?!? Oh my, you lovably-indifferent American! :lol: :D

Very nice piece, Monsieur! I particularly like the hole leading to the grotto below (doubtlessly holding heathen treasures unbeknownst to christendom!)
Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: PeteMurray on 19 March 2007, 10:28:02 PM
My brother, the art snob, said my skull looked like it came from an alien Gray.  :cry:

ALL skull-shaped rocks are full of treasure, which is why you don't see them too much anymore. People have been dynamiting them apart to get to the treasure-filled center.  :lol:
Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: toutatis on 19 March 2007, 10:31:43 PM
My skull seems to have a "wig" (peruke ?)  that's why we call it "la Marquise"   :lol:
Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 19 March 2007, 10:49:38 PM
Quote from: "toutatis"
My skull seems to have a "wig" (peruke ?)  that's why we call it "la Marquise"   :lol:


Now that you mention it! :lol:

Actually, it reminds me of the old Governor of Jamaica from the Errol Flynn classic "Captain Blood"!

"Aye, it´s the gout, me lad!"

:lol:
Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: Grimm on 20 March 2007, 05:30:59 AM
I realy like it ,Hmmmm must paint more lost world stuff :P
Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: Oisin on 20 March 2007, 07:25:53 AM
Just one for the "Pulp-Deutsch": Pyrograve is called "Brenn-Peter" in german  :lol:
Title: The isle of the Skull
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 20 March 2007, 08:47:05 AM
Quote from: "Oisin"
Just one for the "Pulp-Deutsch": Pyrograve is called "Brenn-Peter" in german  :lol:


Now that somehow sounds like a demotic term for a venereal disease! :lol: